Table of Contents

1. Background; 2. Fourier transforms; 3. Spectroscopic tools; 4. Light detectors; 5. Radiation terms and definitions; 6. The black body and its radiation; 7. Radiative and convective energy transport; 8. The continuous absorption coefficient; 9. The model photosphere; 10. The measurement of stellar continua; 11. The line absorption coefficient; 12. The measurement of spectral lines; 13. The behavior of spectral lines; 14. The measurement of stellar radii and temperatures; 15. The measurement of photospheric pressure; 16. Chemical analysis; 17. Velocity fields in stellar photospheres; 18. Stellar rotation.

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Third edition textbook for use on advanced courses on stellar physics.

About the Author

David F. Gray is Director of the Elginfield Observatory and Professor of Astronomy at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.

Reviews

Review of the hardback: '… this new edition sustains the strengths of its predecessors while introducing new material, including (for the first time) exercises that enhance its usefulness as source material for lecture courses … Stellar Photospheres addresses spectrographs and detectors, the fundamentals of radiative transfer, the relevant microphysics, and continuum and line formation with a deftness that makes it accessible at undergraduate level, and with enough depth (and referencing to primary sources) to make it useful for the research scientist. Recommended to all with interest in these areas.' The Observatory